[The schools need positive support; they need positive comments from community members, Morris said. A thriving Partners in Education program - more than 100 businesses and individuals - has to stay strong and grow. And people need to come to the schools.] We constantly invite people to actually see what we are doing, ... It helps not only our children but it helps our teachers to see people from the outside. |
[Though the move from level 3 to level 4 is labeled one of the hardest, Superintendent Anthony Morris said he doesn't expect the growth to stop.] Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I do think it's realistic to keep going up, ... But in order for that to happen it's going to take more than us working hard in the school system. |
All of our employees have really stepped up and helped out, ... We have had to increase the hours of those workers, but we've been told to keep track of expenses to be reimbursed. |
And the assurance that there will be money coming to reimburse us. |
Any deviation will affect us somewhat, ... But we don't think it would be significant enough to affect it tremendously. |
Even some parents that could leave may not have schools open where they are, ... They are also thinking about the children and not wanting to uproot their children. |
I am satisfied in stabbing him [Mr Fahri], you intended to kill him. |
I recognise that any sentence I impose will not bring Triston back or give any real consolation to his family. |
If it's just 100 we won't need any additional personnel, ... It just depends on how they fall out grade wise. |
Our major concern right now is any side effects from just going through the trauma, ... We are really trying to get our counselors and teachers aware and sensitive to those type of things coming up. |
Some people think we'll end up keeping in the neighborhood of 50 percent of them, ... As they (parents) are enrolling the children, it's with the understanding they'll be here for a while. |
The greatest need for us is to get cleared from them on hiring additional personnel, |
The majority of ours are good, and the majority of them are good, ... I can't really say (the fights) are because they are here. |
There are really a lot of uncertainties out there with having so many of the evacuees here, ... It would be a bit unfair to leave everything just like it was. |
These children are considered homeless; so we had some federal funds to help provide materials, including uniforms, |